A Liar’s Autobiography over-complicates the life of Graham Chapman

A Liar’s Autobiography uses 14 different forms of animation to recount the life of Graham Chapman (Picture: Trinity Filmed Entertainment)

Film review: A Liar’s Autobiography attempts to use animation to tell the story of Monty Python star Graham Chapman – but it leaves you longing for a more straightforward movie.

Movies don’t get more cult than this. Based on the unreliable memoirs of the least well-known and now long-deceased member of Monty Python (best known as Brian in The Life Of Brian), this anarchic picture focuses mainly on Chapman’s homosexuality and alcoholism.

Unfortunately, its laudably ambitious decision to tell Chapman’s story via 14 different animation styles and distribute it in 3D makes you long for a straight TV biopic.